Abrasive cleaner dispenser



F. G. GEES Filed Jan. ll, 1935 ABRAS IVE CLEANER DISPENSER Dm my 1935? Patented Dec. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to dispensers especially adapted for powdered substances, and has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which may be easily adjusted to facilitate its filling with the substance to be dispensed and is so constructed that the loss of the substance is prevented and is easily operated to permit the substance to discharge therefrom in restricted amounts.

With these and other objects in View, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating a dispenser constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, illustrating the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line li-d of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I indicates a hopper closed by a removable cover 2 and is provided in the bottom wall thereof with discharge ports 3 opened and closed by a slide 4 operating against the bottom wall and arranged upon the interior of the hopper. The bottom wall of the hopper isprovided with an elongated slot 5 which also may act as a discharge port when the slide is in a certain position. A bar 6 is provided with an offset or shoulder 1 operating in the slot and is secured to the slide, as shown at 8. The shoulder l contacts with opposite walls of the slot and the bar having slidable contact with the outer face of the bottom prevents the slide from becoming disarranged in the hopper. The slide is provided with ports 9 which may be aligned with the ports 3 and also one end of the slide may uncover a portion of the slot so the contents of the hopper may discharge therefrom. The bar 6 is provided with a heel IIJ which enters a spring casing or mounting II to be engaged by a spring I2 acting to position the slide to close the ports 3 and the slot 5. The heel I0 operates in a slot I3 in the mounting II which guides the movement of the bar with respect to the hopper. The spring mounting II forms an integral part of a bracket I4 equipped with a rest I5 to engage the hopper adjacent the bottom of the latter. The hopper is further secured to the bracket I4, as shown at I The bracket is pivoted to a supporting plate I1, as shown at I8, and said bracket also has a slot I9 opening through one edge thereof to receive a threaded bolt 20 carried by the support II. A nut 2| is 5 threaded to the bolt and may be turned in engagement with the bracket I4 to secure said bracket against accidental pivotal movement. The support I'I is in the form of a plate which may be secured in any well known manner to a wall or 10 other object, it being apertured to receive screws or like fasteners. f

Integral with the bar 6 are arcuately curved depending fingersv 22 on which are mounted cushion elements 23. The fingers 22 are employed 15 for sliding the slide against the action of the spring I2 to open the ports 3 as well as a portion of the slot 5 so that the substance of the hopper may discharge therefrom. The particular shape of the fingers permits a receptacle to be engaged 20 therewith with force to move the slide against the action of the spring and permits the substance to fall or gravitate to the receptacle. Opposite ends of the slide are beveled to form cutting edges 24. These cutting edges act to prevent the 25 substance of the hopper from adhering to the bottom as they will act upon said substance during the sliding movement of the slide. Also the cutting edges engaging with the substance act to urge the slide in tight engagement with the 30 bottom of the hopper.

It will be apparent that by reason of the size of the slide 4 presenting a large surface area the said slide is enabled to act as a shaker and prevents the substance in the hopper from pack- 35 ing and not flowing freely in that such substance within the hopper will be worked loose for the free flowing action under the dispensing operation.

Powdered substances are usually purchased in 40 containers and to dispense such substance from the containers to the hopper without spilling, the present inventionlhas provided means whereby the open end of the hopper may be swung downwardly to permit the open container to be posi- 45 tioned therein and then replaced to its Qriginal or operative position. The container may then be removed from the hopper or left therein if desired.

Having described the invention, I claim: 50

1. A dispensing device comprising a hopper having discharge ports and a slot, supporting means for the hopper, a slide having ports engaging an interior face of a wall of the hopper for opening and closing the ports of said hopper 55 by aligning and unaligning the ports thereof with the ports of the hopper, a bar arranged exteriorly of the hopper and projecting into the slot and secured to the slide, spring means engaging the bar to position the slide to close the ports of the hopper, and a iinger piece carried by the bar.

2. A dispensing device comprising a hopper having discharge ports and a slot, supporting means for the hopper, a slide having ports engaging an interior face of a wall of the hopper for opening and closing the ports of said hopper by aligning and unaligningthe ports thereof with the ports of the hopper, a bar arranged exterior- 1y of the hopper and projecting into the Vslot and secured to the slide, spring means engaging the bar to position the slide to close the ports of the hopper, a mounting carried by the supporting means for housing said spring means and ried by the supporting plate, said bracket hav- 10 ing a slot opening through one edge thereof to receive the bolt cooperating with the pivot in supporting the hopper in an upright position and permitting the hopper to be swung to dispose the open end thereof downwardly, a nut threaded to 15 the bolt to engage with the bracket for securing Y the latter against pivotal movement.

FREDERICK G. GEIS. 

